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These are three of the best hits from 1966, which are so good, every 60s kid likely still knows them by heart today.

Cal Smith, best known for the No. 1 country hits "Country Bumpkin" and "The Lord Knows I'm Drinking", died 13 years ago today ...

Don’t miss a new episode of Saturday Night Live with Gillis and Rosalía tonight at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC. For those who can’t ...

John Prine — beloved singer, songwriter, and expert chronicler of the human condition — would have turned 80 years old today.

These are three of the best country songs that came out in 1972, which still make me smile when I hear them today.

The year 1987 proved to be a good year for artists with debut singles. These four artists scaled the heights of the charts ...

We don't often think of Pete Townshend as a writer of happy songs. The Who's "Blue, Red And Grey" proves he's a pretty great ...

Sixty-nine years ago today, the songwriter behind one of Garth Brooks' signature songs and other 90s hits was born in Georgia ...

These lyrics from 1967 country songs are perfect poetry. The artists in these songs knew how to tell a story with no shortage ...

It would be a few years before David Shaw met the people who would become his bandmates in The Revivalists when fate set ...

You may not know it, but surf rock music and weddings go together like peanut butter and jelly. You might think that rock music, soul songs, or hip-hop tracks are the bread and butter to your wedding ...